diff --git a/.github/workflows/langfuse.yml b/.github/workflows/langfuse.yml
index 5d56bcfd13..13b5175b8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/langfuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/langfuse.yml
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Hatch
         run: pip install hatch
 
-    # TODO: Once this integration is properly typed, use hatch run test:types
-    # https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-core-integrations/issues/1771
       - name: Lint
         if: matrix.python-version == '3.10' && runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: hatch run fmt-check && hatch run test:types
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pinecone.yml b/.github/workflows/pinecone.yml
index 99042a4979..238e072088 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pinecone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pinecone.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ env:
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   FORCE_COLOR: "1"
   PINECONE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PINECONE_API_KEY }}
-  TEST_MATRIX_OS: '["ubuntu-latest"]'
-  TEST_MATRIX_PYTHON: '["3.10", "3.14"]'
 
 jobs:
   compute-test-matrix:
@@ -40,13 +38,20 @@ jobs:
       run:
         working-directory: .
     outputs:
-      os: ${{ steps.set.outputs.os }}
-      python-version: ${{ steps.set.outputs.python-version }}
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
       - id: set
         run: |
-          echo 'os=${{ github.event_name == 'push' && '["ubuntu-latest"]' || env.TEST_MATRIX_OS }}' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo 'python-version=${{ github.event_name == 'push' && '["3.10"]' || env.TEST_MATRIX_PYTHON }}' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "push" ]; then
+            echo 'matrix=[{"os":"ubuntu-latest","python-version":"3.10","INDEX_NAME":"index-310"}]' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            MATRIX='['
+            # Pinecone tests are time expensive, so only test on Ubuntu
+            MATRIX+='{"os":"ubuntu-latest","python-version":"3.10","INDEX_NAME":"index-310"},'
+            MATRIX+='{"os":"ubuntu-latest","python-version":"3.14","INDEX_NAME":"index-313"}'
+            MATRIX+=']'
+            echo "matrix=$MATRIX" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
 
   run:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos-') && 'macOS' || startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows-') && 'Windows' || 'Linux' }}
@@ -58,14 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # Pinecone tests are time expensive, so only test on Ubuntu
-        os: ${{ fromJSON(needs.compute-test-matrix.outputs.os) }}
-        python-version: ${{ fromJSON(needs.compute-test-matrix.outputs.python-version) }}
-        include:
-          - python-version: "3.10"
-            INDEX_NAME: "index-310"
-          - python-version: "3.14"
-            INDEX_NAME: "index-313"
+        include: ${{ fromJSON(needs.compute-test-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -78,8 +76,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Hatch
         run: pip install hatch
 
-      # TODO: Once this integration is properly typed, use hatch run test:types
-      # https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-core-integrations/issues/1771
       - name: Lint
         if: matrix.python-version == '3.10' && runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: hatch run fmt-check && hatch run test:types
diff --git a/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/models/.gitignore b/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/models/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b7ef32c8..0000000000
--- a/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/models/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_chat_generator.py b/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_chat_generator.py
index fa06457d45..626cee8c45 100644
--- a/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_chat_generator.py
+++ b/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_chat_generator.py
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def model_path():
-    return Path(__file__).parent / "models"
+    path = Path.home() / ".cache" / "haystack_llama_cpp_tests"
+    path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return path
 
 
 def get_current_temperature(location: Annotated[str, "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA"]):
diff --git a/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_generator.py b/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_generator.py
index 23afe3be9c..e6dcd32929 100644
--- a/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_generator.py
+++ b/integrations/llama_cpp/tests/test_generator.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def model_path():
-    return Path(__file__).parent / "models"
+    path = Path.home() / ".cache" / "haystack_llama_cpp_tests"
+    path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return path
 
 
 def download_file(file_link, filename, capsys):